As stable foreman to Adam Durrant, Miller witnessed firsthand Mr Moet’s surprising victory in 2012. Mr Moet started at $20, but was backed in after as much as $100 was on offer in various markets. On Saturday, Miller is offered the opportunity of saddling his own Railway Stakes contender and… Read More »
Good fortune hasn’t been kind to the former Karrakatta Plate champion in his two runs this preparation, but after coming up with barrier seven in the Railway Stakes and a lightweight 53kg on his back, he gets a chance to make his presence felt. Dig Deep had a wide barrier… Read More »
Banderas has his future assured when his racing days are over, but his trainer Jim Conlan is hopeful of a long-term career on the racetrack. The four-year-old son of Toronado broke his maiden status in the Ladbroke It Plate (1400m) at Sandown on Wednesday and Conlan is planning an assault… Read More »
It’s already been a very successful preparation for the Robert and Luke Price-trained Count De Rupee with a lucrative second in the Golden Eagle, but the Kembla Grange-based pair are aiming to go one better in the $1 million The Gong on their home surface this Saturday. The $145,000 yearling… Read More »
Ballarat trainer Andrew Noblet will have dual representation as he attempts to win his hometown Cup for the first time. Ghodeleine and Foxy Frida will run for Noblet in the Listed Ballarat Cup (2000m) on Saturday, a race that carries prize money of $500,000. Noblet said it would mean a… Read More »
After two false starts, quirky gelding Berdibek is poised to finally race at Kembla Grange’s feature meeting of the spring and his trainer says he is not without a chance. The eight-year-old has been scheduled to contest races on The Gong program for the past two years but hasn’t made… Read More »
Les Bridge has revealed Classique Legend is out of the autumn with a leg injury but the Hall Of Fame trainer is confident the star sprinter will be back to chase another Everest title. The gelding sprained a suspensory ligament during the running of this year’s $15 million race in… Read More »
David Payne is still learning about recent acquisition Blue Soldier, but the horse has surprised him once and he is hoping he might do the same again in The Gong. The former Northern Hemisphere galloper was a Listed winner and dual Group placegetter in Ireland who had been struggling to… Read More »
Jockey Jamie Kah could be back riding on Zipping Classic Day after having some success in her appeal at the Supreme Court over a two-month suspension handed down by the Victorian Racing Tribunal. Kah was suspended for three months over the Mornington Airbnb gathering in August and suspended for a… Read More »
Western Empire is now a $1.80 TABtouch favourite for Saturday’s Heineken 3-Railway Stakes (1600m) after he drew barrier three at this afternoon’s barrier draw. The four-year-old returned in style to take out last month’s Group 3 Asian Beau Stakes (1400m) and looks well placed to deliver jockey William Pike and trainers… Read More »
Rhys Radford scaled his greatest heights as a trainer when Great Shot won the Group 1 Railway Stakes (1600m) and he doesn’t lack any confidence that he can repeat the win at Ascot on Saturday. In a big upset at double figure odds four years ago, Great Shot caused a… Read More »
Kembla Grange trainer Theresa Bateup will be looking to make the most of her home track advantage as Metropolitan racing hits the Illawarra region on Saturday. While she is without a runner in Saturday’s $1 million feature The Gong, Theresa Bateup is confident her local runners will make their presence… Read More »
Racehorse owners and spectators are set to have greater race day interaction with their trainers and jockeys following the removal of the ‘racing bubble’. The mounting yard precinct and horse stall areas have been off-limits for owners since the last lockdown commenced in August. But with the racing participants vaccination rate of 98%, come… Read More »
With 11 winners (22%) and a further 11 placings (44%) from his past 50 runners, trainer Gary Portelli is in a rich vein of form at present. He’ll be hoping to add to the win column when he lines up his consistent sprinter Spaceboy in the inaugural running of the $300,000 The… Read More »
The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr stable is looking to the future by starting Quantum Mechanic in the Ballarat Cup. Quantum Mechanic is the equal highest-rated runner in Saturday’s 2000m Listed race, with the Chris Waller-trained Yonkers, while it is also her first time at the journey. After finishing fourth in the Group 1 Toorak Handicap (1600m) at Caulfield… Read More »
A solid gallop at Cranbourne was all the Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young stable needed to see from Rich Hips to send the mare to NSW. Busuttin and Young picked out The Gong (1600m) at Kembla Grange on Saturday with the lure of the $1 million in prize money a contributing factor. Rich Hips returned to winning form last start, taking… Read More »
Melbourne Cup placegetter Spanish Mission could be the headline act for the Zipping Classic if he continues to please his new trainer, Peter Moody. The Group 2 Zipping Classic (2400m) will this year be run at Caulfield on November 27, two weeks later than its previous date at Sandown. Spanish Mission was purchased… Read More »
Experienced jockey Pat Carbery has won most of WA’s top races, but the Group 2 Sky Racing WA Guineas (1600m) is one race that so far has eluded him. Placings aboard Ragazzo D’Oro (2016), Say Geronimo (2014), Saint Bro (2013) and Trimagic (2002) is the closest Carbery has gone to… Read More »
Metropolitan racing remains provincial as Golden Eagle runner-up and Illawarra local Count De Rupee headlines the third running of the $1 million The Gong. Metropolitan racing returns to Kembla Grange this Saturday for the third edition of Illawarra’s feature race, The Gong (1600m). Having fallen heartbreakingly short in The Golden… Read More »
In racing if it’s all about timing then the Gangemi stable are counting down to the Ascot Masters and Saturday’s $1 million Group 1 Heineken 3 Railway Stakes (1600m) with great delight. Along with Dan Morton, Chris and Michael Gangemi are the hottest training act in Perth and importantly have… Read More »
